American actress Ashley Benson went on a birthday trip to Morocco with English model Cara Delevingne. The visit was Delevingne 30th’ birthday gift to her girlfriend Benson, wrote Fox News. Benson shared, Sunday, on her Instagram account photos from the Morocco trip with a caption, saying she «couldn’t have asked for anything better». «Morocco has always been a place I’ve wanted to visit. I faced so many fears and took on new adventures with my best friend
Since his arrest last week in Dubai, the extradition of alleged criminal Ridouan Taghi has opened a new chapter in the diplomatic crisis between Morocco and the Netherlands. Ties between the two countries were marked in the past by similar issues.
Algeria’s powerful military chief General Ahmed Gaid Salah passed away, Sunday, December 22, wrote the Algerian press agency APS, quoting the Presidency of the republic. Gaid suffered a heart attack at the Ain Naadja military hospital, where he was admitted, the same source said. ? #Breaking_news: Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaid Salah passes away.↪️ https://t.co/R4KVjvXEvZ pic.twitter.com/Bd7WeTt8EL — APS | وأج ?? (@APS_DZ) 23 décembre 2019 Gaid Salah debuted his
As expected, the Polisario Front’s fifteenth congress, currently held in Tifariti, an oasis town located east of the sand wall, has paved the way for Brahim Ghali to continue leading the separatist movement. According to pro-Polisario platform Futuro Sahara, Ghali, who has been leading the Polisario since July 2016 after the movement’s former leader Mohamed Abdelaziz passed away, is the only candidate bidding to head the Polisario Front.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) unveiled, Sunday, the shortlist for its 2019 awards. The list includes Morocco’s professional footballer Achraf Hakimi, who plays for German club Borussia Dortmund on loan from Real Madrid, Nigeria’s Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen. The three footballers will be competing for CAF’s title : African Youth Player of the Year. The contest includes other titles, such as African Player of the Year, African Interclubs Player of the
Moughit El Moutaouakil, known as Guito, is a keen boxer. Neither a fracture, nor his dismissal from certain competitions, made him give up on his passion for boxing. Defeated once, Guito had a total of twelve victories including eight by KO.
The sublime voices of four female figures from the Aïta and the Amazigh musical repertoire of the Rways resounded, Friday evening in Brussels, during a colorful concert organized as part of the Darna Fest - Echoes of Moroccan ceremonies festival. On this occasion, the four artists offered the public performances that represented the cultural diversity of Morocco and recalled the beauty of its natural landscapes. In front of a packed room, the first performance was given by Aïta
OCP, ONCF and the Hassan II Fund for Economic and Social Development have joined forces to create a national hotel industry pole in Morocco. A press release from the OCP group, sent to Yabiladi on Friday, explains that this alliance aims to promote high-end hotel excellence, a showcase of Moroccan heritage and know-how, at the service of the country's attractiveness and its international reputation. «These measures will allow the public sector to consolidate its investment capacities,
After Algeria, it’s the Polisario’s turn to react officially to the opening of a Comorian consulate in Laayoune. «It is an aggression» and «a flagrant violation of all international covenants, particularly the Constitutive Act of the African Union», the Front said in a statement released in the early hours of Saturday, December 21. The separatist movement is therefore asking the government of the Comoros to «reverse its illegal and immoral
A short-eared owl, which had a satellite tag attached to it when it was reproducing in Scotland, was followed all the way to Morocco, revealing important new information for researchers, The Scottish Farmer reports. Researchers at the British Trust for Ornithology Scotland have conducted research to develop methods of studying these short-eared owls in their breeding areas and tracking their movements throughout the year. While a handful of birds have so far been equipped with tracking devices